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| DR Congo's M23 Rebels Warn of New Conflict Risk |
| 2014-11-08 |
| [An Nahar] The leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... 's defeated M23 rebels has warned of the possibility of renewed conflict, signaling mounting frustrations among the group's confined-to-camp fighters. The rebels' 18-month war, during in which they briefly seized the key town of Goma, capital of mineral rich North Kivu province, was brought to an end a year ago by government troops and U.N. peacekeepers, with fighters fleeing into neighboring Uganda and Rwanda. |
| Posted by:Fred |